Effects of external ankle braces on kinematics and kinetics of the lower limb during the cutting maneuver in healthy females

IF 2.2 3区医学 Q3 NEUROSCIENCES

Gait & posture Pub Date : 2025-02-13 DOI:10.1016/j.gaitpost.2025.02.008

Mengjun Liu , Chengpang Hsiao , Wenxing Zhou , Yujie Qi , Zhangqi Lai , Lin Wang

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Abstract

Background

To explore if lace-up ankle brace and hinged ankle brace affect the kinematics and kinetics of the lower limbs during a cutting maneuver.

Methods

Twenty healthy females performed a 45° cutting maneuver with different ankle braces. Ground reaction force, lower-limb joint angles and moments were compared among different ankle braces.

Results

Wearing hinged ankle brace significantly increased maximal knee valgus angle than lace-up and no brace conditions (0.7° [p = 0.011] and 0.6° [p = 0.029], respectively). Wearing hinged and lace-up ankle braces significantly increased maximal knee internal rotation angle (1.58° [p ≤ 0.001] and 1.30° [p = 0.020], respectively) and decreased maximal ankle inversion angle (3.04° [p ≤ 0.001] and 1.76° [p = 0.013], respectively). A considerable difference in kinetics was observed only in the maximal ankle eversion moment, which was higher in the hinged condition than the lace-up (p = 0.010) or no brace (p = 0.023) condition.

Conclusion

Wearing an hinged or lace-up ankle brace may reduce the risk of ankle sprain in females during cutting maneuvers. Ankle brace appears to have upstream effects on the knee, which may have injury implication.

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Gait & posture 医学-神经科学

CiteScore

4.70

自引率

12.50%

发文量

616

审稿时长

6 months

期刊介绍： Gait & Posture is a vehicle for the publication of up-to-date basic and clinical research on all aspects of locomotion and balance. The topics covered include: Techniques for the measurement of gait and posture, and the standardization of results presentation; Studies of normal and pathological gait; Treatment of gait and postural abnormalities; Biomechanical and theoretical approaches to gait and posture; Mathematical models of joint and muscle mechanics; Neurological and musculoskeletal function in gait and posture; The evolution of upright posture and bipedal locomotion; Adaptations of carrying loads, walking on uneven surfaces, climbing stairs etc; spinal biomechanics only if they are directly related to gait and/or posture and are of general interest to our readers; The effect of aging and development on gait and posture; Psychological and cultural aspects of gait; Patient education.